Charles Colander, VP/CIO, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Chapter 1

Charles Colander, VP/CIO, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare

*Moving to a new building
*A Meditech C/S 5.6 shop (“6.0 is not on our horizon at this point”)
*NextGen in the owned practices (Phytel layered on top)
*eClinicalWorks in the mix
*No LSS? “I think the industry’s spoken on that one”

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/Fremont Area Medical Center Director of Hospital IS (CIO) Richard Beran, Chapter 1

Richard Beran, Director of Hospital IS, FAMC

Almost overnight, it seems, the qualifications for being considered a top CIO have changed. No longer do you get a pat on the back for successfully implementing a hospital information system, supporting EMR installations in affiliated practices or even achieving high levels of CPOE and clinician engagement. Now, that’s all stakes to play. Today, you’ve got to also tie it all together with an HIE that can then plug into whatever the feds construct as the National Health Information Network. Well, Richard Beran, director of hospital information systems at Freemont Area Medical Center, has all those balls in the air, and more. Beran just upgraded his Cerner Millennium software, struck a Stark deal with eClinicalWorks for the employed and independent docs, and is working with Lawson (HealthVision) and Initiate (IBM) to bring it all together.

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PODCAST: One-on-One w/Hunterdon Healthcare VP & CIO Glenn Mamary, Chapter 1

Glenn Mamary, VP & CIO, Hunterdon Healthcare System

More and more, healthcare systems seem split into two camps: the one-vendor-for-everything, enterprise solution model or the best-of-suite (or breed) approach. Those embracing the former often spend a big chunk of change to rip and replace most of what they have, while being relieved of many integration headaches down the road. Those selecting the latter [...]

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CIOs coming together to solve major HIT problems

Russ Branzell, CIO, Poudre Valley Health System

Never in the history of the United States is there more at risk relative to the deployment of information technology and specifically health information technology.  The very future of our health system is dependent on us (CIOs).  There is no more time for competition either individually or organizationally. How much difference can we make united [...]

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One-on-One w/Frederick Memorial CIO David Quirke (III)

While you might think a HIMSS Analytics Stage Six hospital sees the interim MU regulation as child’s play, think again. That’s because even though the hospital may be able to handle what’s being required, helping the local docs meet their criteria is looking to be a very tall order. The most troubling aspect of MU [...]

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